Notifications Settings

Your notification settings

Canvas sends out notifications to you when something happens in your course. These are preset, but you can make changes yourself at the account level or course level if you want to increase or decrease the number of notifications. Changes at the account level mean that your changes apply to all your courses on Canvas. Changes at the course level mean that changes only occur at a specific course.

Change your account-level settings 

To access your account-level settings, click Account (1) in the Canvas menu and click Notifications (2). Changes you make here will apply to all your courses.

Change your course-level settings 

To change your settings on a specific course, go to the course homepage and select View Course Notifications in the right menu. Settings you make here will only apply to the specific course. Here you can also choose to turn off the notifications for a course completely.

Your notification options at account- and course level

Whether you make your notification settings at the account- or course level, it looks more or less the same. You can select the frequency for each type of notification and decide where to send your notifications. As in the example below, you can connect both your school email and your private email, as well as use Canvas on other devices such as the app, and have different notification settings for each. By clicking on the symbol (1), you get different options for how often you should receive notifications. You can choose to receive notifications immediately, have them as a daily summary, weekly summary, or not receive them at all by turning off the notifications (2). Scroll down the page to make specific settings for Discussions, Scheduling or Conferences.